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Articles

Postextinction Geographies: Audiovisual Afterlives of the Bucardo and the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker

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Pages 770-791 | Received 29 Nov 2022, Accepted 21 Dec 2023, Published online: 11 Mar 2024

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